AudBase Guidebook Table of Contents Morning Set-up (GSI equipment, only)... 2 Opening AudBase... 3 Choosing a patient... 3 Performing Pure-Tone Air & Bone Conduction... 6 Testing using a GSI-61 Audiometer:... 7 Data Transfer... 7 Masked thresholds:... 8 No response thresholds:... 9 Adding comments to symbols:... 9 Performing SAT/SRT... 12 Performing WRS Testing... 13 Testing using an AudioStar Pro (ASP)... 14 Performing Tympanometry... 15 Performing Acoustic Reflex Decay... 19 Adding Notes for Case History/Recommendations/Other... 20 View Previous Audiograms... 21 Signing a Record... 22 Printing Audiograms... 22 Print-to-doc... 22 Print Multiforms... 23 1
Morning Set-up (GSI equipment, only) Press the Remote button on the GSI audiometers and Tympstar immittance bridge to allow data to be transferred to AudBase. Remote will appear on the audiometer screen beneath 5 db Step and in the lower right hand corner on the Tympstar when activated. 2
Opening AudBase 1. Login into the computer. 2. Double click on the AudBase Client.exe icon on the computer desktop. 3. Type in your User Name and Password and click Login. Choosing a patient From the Home Window you can choose a New Subject or choose a previous subject from the Subject List. 3
a) New Subject The following data must be entered, at minimum, for each patient: First Name Last Name Date of Birth Gender Selected Identifier (MRN) b) Existing Subject -For Subject List, the following screen appears: -Search for patients by typing all or part of the patient name in the search box, scrolling through the list, or clicking on the letter tab to display only subjects with the selected first letter of last name. 4
-A Limited Field Search allows you to search by first name, last name, primary provider, or the primary ID (MRN). Leaving the search box blank, click the black search button to open the advanced search window. 4. Once you have added/found the patient, double click the name. The following screen will appear: 5. To view, change, or add data to an audiogram, tympanogram/immittance, or SAT/SRT/WR, double click on the respective tab ( Audiogram, Tympanogram, SAT/SRT/WR, or Demographics ) and click on the date you are interested in. Note: Clicking on the audiogram tab will allow you to view all of the information gathered on that test date. Clicking tympanogram or SAT/SRT/WR will allow you to view only that subset of data for a selected date. 6. For a new audiogram click New Audiogram 5
Performing Pure-Tone Air & Bone Conduction Below is the audiogram template: 1. Examiner name, audiometer, transducer, and test method can be defaulted or changed with the drop down menus on the right hand side. a. To change to your name, click on the Select Examiner box and click on your name. Two or more names can be added to this box. b. Repeat the same steps for Audiometer, Transducer, and Test method, when appropriate. 6
Testing using a GSI-61 Audiometer: Data Transfer Perform pure-tone audiometry and find the first threshold. Once the first threshold is established, press the Data Transfer button on the audiometer, which is under Remote. The first threshold will appear in AudBase: 2. Continue performing pure-tone air conduction audiometry at each frequency and press the Data Transfer button after each threshold is established. 7
Masked thresholds: a. Leave the masking noise on, press the Data Transfer button. Note: If the noise is turned off and Data Transfer is pressed, an unmasked symbol will appear. This will also occur if the masking noise and tone are presented to the same ear. i. Note that only the final masking level is displayed in the Effective Masking Levels to Non-Test Ear box (below audiogram). b. If you forget to leave the masking noise on, turn the masking noise back on and press the Data Transfer button or click on the desired masked symbol in the symbol legend on the right side of the screen and click on the unmasked symbol in the audiogram. i. To change a masked symbol to unmasked, click the masked symbol in the audiogram legend on the right side of the screen so it is highlighted and click the masked symbol in the audiogram. ii. To delete a threshold from the audiogram, click and highlight the unmasked symbol in the symbol legend on the right side of the screen, then click on the symbol in the audiogram. If the symbol is masked, click the masked symbol in the figure legend and click the symbol in the audiogram to change it to unmasked. Then click the unmasked symbol in the figure legend and click the unmasked symbol in the audiogram to delete it. 8
No response thresholds: c. Click on No Response in the symbol legend and press the Data Transfer button. Click the No Response in the symbol legend to de-highlight it for the next threshold if there is a response. Note: The no response symbol will appear at the specific decibel level on the audiometer screen when you press Data Transfer and will not automatically appear at the limits for that particular audiometer. -To remove a no response symbol, de-highlight No Response in the symbol legend by clicking on it and press the Data Transfer button or click on the symbol without No Response highlighted in the symbol legend, which will delete the entire symbol. Then click one more time for it to reappear without the No Response symbol. Adding comments to symbols: d. Follow the steps for no response thresholds, except click on the Comment box in the symbol legend. 9
-To choose a specific symbol, click on the box to the right of Comment to view the list. -There are options for comments such as using the Soundfield symbols for indicating whether a patient heard a tone in his/her right or left ear. To use this symbol, click on it in the figure legend and click above the desired threshold: -Or you could use the Soundfield Aided symbols for this purpose. -There is also the option of an unspecified bone conduction symbol or forehead symbol. 10
3. To state the reliability of testing, click on the box to the right of Reliability and click on the desired choice. Note: There is not an option to document validity as in our current audiogram. This information can be added in the notes section. 4. To view the high frequency audiogram, click on the Change Frequency Range button below the Effective Masking Levels to Non-Test Ear boxes. 11
Performing SAT/SRT 1. Click on the SRT/SAT tab. The following screen will appear: 2. To change from SRT to SAT, click on the box with the green outline and click on SAT. Note: SAT is pink and SRT is blue. 3. When the SAT/SRT threshold has been established, press the Data Transfer button. The SAT/SRT threshold will appear as shown: -The SAT/SRT may also be manually entered by clicking on it and typing in the threshold. To add masking, click the first box after Air and type in the final masking level. Note: If masking noise is used, it will appear as an * in the first box after Air. -For a no response SAT/SRT, click the box next to db HL. An @ symbol will appear. When this symbol is present, the SAT/SRT for this ear will be labeled as NR on the final audiogram. 12
Performing WRS Testing 1. Click on the Word Rec tab. The following screen will appear: 2. When the Word Recognition Score has been established, press the Data Transfer button. The WRS threshold will appear as shown: Note: In order for the data to transfer over via Data Transfer you must use the Correct and Incorrect buttons on the GSI-61. If you do not use the Correct and Incorrect buttons the audiometer will not transfer the data. WRSs may be manually entered into the first box with % behind it by clicking on it and typing in the score. Enter the level of the NU-6 lists by typing in the box with db HL behind it. To add masking, click the first box after Air and type in the final masking level. Note: If masking noise is used, it will appear as an * in the first box after Air. Word list # information can only be added in the notes section. 3. If more than one WRS is performed per ear, the data will transfer to the slot below: 13
Testing using an AudioStar Pro (ASP) a. To start a new patient record in the AudioStar Pro, press Data Erase button on the audiometer, then either erase the session or all data. b. In order to capture the data from the ASP, you will conduct and build your full test battery in the audiometer by hitting Save on the ASP for each threshold. c. Once you have completed the appropriate tests (including SAT/SRT and Word Rec), click on the Download AudioStar in AudBase. You may receive a prompt indicating that the selected patient does not have an ID, just click OK. All data from the AudioStar Pro will be transferred to the open AudBase record. 14
Performing Tympanometry 1. Click on the Tymps tab. This is the tympanometry screen: 2. It is important when performing all immittance tests that you indicate which side (right or left) you are testing in order for the data to transfer to the proper box. 3. Perform a tympanogram. 4. There are two ways to transfer the data: a. Press the Data Transfer button after each tympanogram is completed. Only what is shown on the screen of the Tympstar will transfer to AudBase or b. Wait until all immittance is performed, press the Page button, and then press the Data Transfer button. With this method, all data on all pages will be transfered over when you press the Data Transfer button. i. Note: If two tympanograms are performed on the same ear, the last tympanogram performed will be the one downloaded into AudBase. 15
5. When transfering data, the tympanogram tracing and all data will be transferred to AudBase: -At the bottom you may choose the tympanogram type by clicking on Curve Type menu and clicking on your choice: the -A box showing normal limits can be displayed by clicking the Draw Tymp Box. 1. If only completing tympanometry and all data has been transferred, press the Page button screen and erase all data for the next user. 16
Performing Acoustic Reflex Thresholds 1. Click on the Reflexes tab. Below is the Reflexes tab screen: 2. Make sure the ear you are testing is selected. 3. The last reflex threshold on the screen is what will be transferred into AudBase. a. Therefore, if you find threshold for example at 80 db, then go down 5 db to confirm this threshold, but do not erase 75 db, 75 db will be transferred into AudBase. a. There are two ways to transfer the data: i. Press the Data Transfer button after each reflex threshold is established. What is shown on the screen of the Tympstar will transfer to AudBase (two reflexes may be sent at a time, or one depending if you erase reflexes before it goes to the bottom screen) or ii. Wait until all immittance is performed, press the Page button, and then press the Data Transfer button. All data on all pages will be transfered over when you press the Data Transfer button 17
4. The data can also be entered enter manually using drop-down menus, by clicking on the respective box and clicking on the value. 5. For absent reflexes, you must click the box next to the respective value, as shown below, so that an @ sign appears. The final audiogram will read ABS at this frequency. To keep track of this, you may want to delete data for the respective frequency so that you know all N.D. are absent reflexes. 18
Performing Acoustic Reflex Decay 1. Click on the Reflexes tab. Acoustic reflex decay is also under the Reflexes tab: 2. Make sure the ear you are testing is selected. 3. There are two ways to transfer the data: a. Press Data Transfer. What is displayed on the Tympstar screen will transfer OR b. Press the Page button and press the Data Transfer button to transfer all the data that was collected. 4. Reflex decay will display as either normal or abnormal, but if abnormal the number of seconds in which decay reached 50% will not transfer over. 5. Reflex decay can be added manually by clicking on the dropdown menus. 19
Adding Notes for Case History/Recommendations/Other 1. The notes tab (below) is where you can add: a. Testing location by clicking on the box below Testing location b. The booth you tested by clicking on the box under Testing sublocation c. The note sections is a free text section typically used to document: i. Validity ii. SRT/SAT method of presentation iii. Word recognition method of presentation and HL/EM info iv. Explanantion of comment symbols (v=vibrotactile, etc.) v. Case History vi. Recommendations 20
View Previous Audiograms 1. To view a previous audiogram for comparison, click on Audiogram and then click on Display comparison Audiogram. The comparison audiogram box will display on the right of the screen. 2. To look at a different comparison audiogram, click on the box above the audiogram and select the date you would like to view. 21
Signing a Record a. When finished with the audiogram, click OK and double click on your name to the left of the screen to sign the report. b. If you are not finished with the report, and wish to add further testing or notes at a later time, click Save Without Changes Printing Audiograms 1. If you need to print the audiogram, click on File and click Print Audiogram. 2. Make sure that the correct printer is selected and click OK. Print-to-doc 1. If you need to print-to-doc (create a digital audiogram), click on File and click Print-to-Doc Audiogram. 22
Print Multiforms 1. This is an option to print a page that reports threshold shifts between audiograms (see example on next page). To do this, double click on the patient you want and click Print Multiform 2. Next select the audiograms you want to be included in the report by clicking on the desired audiogram date(s) and pressing the single arrow button. The double arrow will move all Audiograms to the selected records field. 3. Once you have all the audiograms you want to compare, click the Print button. 23
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